Colombia has become one of the main destinations for medical tourism in America, and the most frequently chosen for plastic surgery. Would you like to know why?

High-quality clinics and hospitals

Colombia’s medical offer is really wide. Bogota, Medellin, Cali, Barranquilla y Bucaramanga are the cities par excellence where you can receive medical services in the country. Actually, a lot of foreigners go there in order to have medical attention in specialties such as Cardiology, Ophthalmology, transplants, orthopedic rehabilitation, fertility, plastic surgery and physiotherapy.

High-skilled healthcare professionals

Thank to the high level of education in Colombian universities, the several opportunities for medical practice in the country, the international renowned professors and the permanent focus on achieving goals, our healthcare professionals have become a reference worldwide. The academic training of Colombian medicians is consolidated by offering postgraduate programs, exchanges, and fellows in other nations, in order to update and strengthen their knowledge.

49% of the foreigners who visit Colombia for medical issues come from Netherlands —including their islands in The Antilles—, people from USA rank in the second place, and patients from Venezuela, Ecuador, Panama and Peru rank third. Moreover, Colombia Migration has finished a study which shows that the number of tourists that come to our country for medical reasons has multiplied in 50% in the last 8 years.

Colombia Migration and the Ministry of Commerce point that medical tourism delivers 144 million dollars to Colombia each year. In 2032, the government expects to receive 2.8 million medical visitors, and to obtain a revenue of 6,000 million dollars. In order to achieve that scenario, apart from establishing easing measures for visas and travelling permissions, Colombia works in free zones of health services where medical centers can import technology with low taxes.

Nowadays, Colombia is part of the top nations with the highest demand on medical tourism just as Costa Rica, Mexico, Brazil and USA.